Iris subg. Xiphium
Subgenus of flowering plants
Iris subg. Xiphium | |
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Close-up image of Iris xiphium | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Iris |
Subgenus: | Iris subg. Xiphium (Miller) Spach |
Species | |
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Subgenus Xiphium is a subgenus of Iris. If considered a separate genus from Iris, it is known as genus Xiphion.
The Latin specific epithet Xiphium refers to the Greek word for sword xiphos.[1]
All species in this subgenus are true bulbs, and are native to southwest Europe (southern Spain, Portugal and southern France) and northern Africa.[2]
Mainly known for the garden cultivars known as Dutch Iris, Spanish Iris and English Iris. They generally flower between early to mid-summer and each stem produces between 1 - 3 flowers. Most bulbs should be planted in late autumn, 10 cm deep and between 5–10 cm apart.[3]
Section Xiphium
- Iris boissieri Henriq
- Iris filifolia Boiss.
- Iris juncea Poir.
- Iris latifolia Mill. – English iris
- Iris rutherfordii M Rodriguez,P Vargas,M Carine and S Jury
- Iris serotina Willk. in Willk. & Lange
- Iris tingitana Boiss. & Reut. – Morocco iris
- Iris xiphium L.
Horticultural hybrids
- Iris × hollandica (Spanish iris, Dutch iris)
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List of Iris species
- Iris
- Limniris
- Xiphium
- Nepalensis
- Scorpiris
- Hermodactyloides
- Bamboo iris
- Blood iris
- Blue flag
- Chinenses irises
- Crested iris
- Dutch iris
- Dwarf Lake iris
- English iris
- German iris
- Hungarian iris
- Japanese iris
- Junos
- Louisiana iris
- Pacific Coast irises
- Rocky Mountain irises
- Russian iris
- Siberian irises
- Slender blue flag
- Spanish iris
- Stool iris
- Sweet iris
- White cemetery iris
- Yellow iris
- Edgar Anderson
- A. J. Bliss
- William Rickatson Dykes
- Michael Foster
- George Gessert
- Iris flower data set
- Sydney B. Mitchell
- Cedric Morris
- Ethel Anson Peckham
- Lowell Fitz Randolph
- J. Marion Shull
- Emily Stevens
- Grace Sturtevant
- John Caspar Wister
- George Yeld
- Fleur-de-lis
- Irises (painting)
- Japanese banknote
- Vincent van Gogh
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